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  2. Reversible error - Wikipedia

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    The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate.

  3. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    Pedal misapplication may be related to pedal design and placement, as in cases where the brake and accelerator are too close to one another, or the accelerator pedal is too large. The NHTSA estimates that 16,000 accidents per year in the United States occur when drivers intend to apply the brake but mistakenly apply the accelerator.

  4. Pronoun reversal - Wikipedia

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    Pronoun reversal, or pronominal reversal, is when individuals, typically children, refer to themselves as "he", ... resulting in the misapplication of pronouns.

  5. Reversal - Wikipedia

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    Reversal film, a type of photographic film that produces a positive image on a transparent base Reversal test , a heuristic designed to spot and eliminate status quo bias Reversal theory , a structural, phenomenological theory of personality, motivation, and emotion in the field of psychology

  6. Regression fallacy - Wikipedia

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    In essence, misapplication of regression toward the mean can reduce all events to a just-so story, without cause or effect. (Such misapplication takes as a premise that all events are random, as they must be for the concept of regression toward the mean to be validly applied.)

  7. KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Justice Kennedy emphasized that, while his opinion was directed at correcting the "errors of law made by the Court of Appeals in this case," it was necessary to reverse the Federal Circuit's decision in light of the Federal Circuit's misapplication of controlling Supreme Court law: "As our precedents make clear, however, the analysis need not ...

  8. Misuse of statistics - Wikipedia

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    The definition is weak on the responsibility of the consumer of statistics. A historian listed over 100 fallacies in a dozen categories including those of generalization and those of causation. [ 3 ] A few of the fallacies are explicitly or potentially statistical including sampling, statistical nonsense, statistical probability, false ...

  9. Judgment notwithstanding verdict - Wikipedia

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    The reversal of a jury's verdict by a judge occurs when the judge believes that there were insufficient facts on which to base the jury's verdict or that the verdict did not correctly apply the law. That procedure is similar to a situation in which a judge orders a jury to arrive at a particular verdict, called a directed verdict. A judgment ...